Hammond

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION. [*]

Plaintiff and appellant Yvonne Hammond (plaintiff), a nursing instructor employed by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department (Department) sued her employer, defendant and respondent County of Los Angeles (County), alleging five violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (the FEHA). [1] Plaintiff also sued her supervisor, Betty Brennan (Brennan), alleging two causes of action for racial harassment and retaliation in violation of the FEHA. The County and Brennan successfully moved the trial court for an order granting summary judgment, and plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered based on that order.

In the published portion of this opinion, we hold that there is a triable issue of one or more material facts as to whether one year after the filing of plaintiffs administrative complaint with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (the DFEH)—the period of limitations—she continued to experience an adverse employment activity so as to defeat the statute of limitations defense. We further hold that plaintiff has raised a triable issue of one or more material facts with respect to her claims for race discrimination,…